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HEELING MACHINE.

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THOMAS Gr. PLANT, OF BOSTON, MASSACIHU'SIEIE'JSl.v

'Hamme-MACHINE.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. PLANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the 4county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an I mprovement in Heeling-'Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speciiication, like numerals `on the drawings representing like parts.

The' invention to be hereinafter described relates to heeling machines, and more particularly` to machines for attaching loaded heels to shoes and thereafter for spanking on a top lift, it being understood, of course,

that the machine is. not restricted in these respects and that the invention comprehends a machine adapted to operate upon shoes eitherbefore or after the last has been removed.

The aims .and objects Aof the invention lare to so improve the construction of the machines of the above general type that'the heels and top 4liftsmay be more accurately positioned andthe heel present al proper appearancel in connection with dierent styles of shoes, regardless 4of whether they berights or lefts.

As will herelnafter more fully appear and be evident to those skilled in the art, other objects of the invention are to increase the rapidity of action and in general to simplify and render such machines more effective for the classof work to be done. v

The various features ofthe .invention will best be understood from the following description and accompanying drawings of oneA form or` embodiment of means for carrying the invention into practical effect, it being understood that the invention is not cir'- cumscribed by the particular details set forth, the true scope thereof being set forth in the claims. v

In the drawlngsz-LFigure 1 1s a general side elevation of ama-chine of the character I ,referred torand embodying the features of the present. invention; Fig. 2is an enlarged side view of the lower part of 'the machine with the side framing or standard nea-rest the observer removed and showing some of the parts in section in orderto make clear their association andrelation; Fig. 3 is a sectional view-on thev line'3-8 of Fig. 2*; Figli is .an enlarged front elevation of the llower part of the machine; Fig. 5vis va sec?l tion on the line of Fig. 4; Fig. G is a Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Biggy 1 7, 1911 Application filed February 19, 1909. 'Serial No. 478,954.

detail section on the line 6-6 of'Fig. l5; Fig. 7 is a sectional detail on the' line 7 7, Fig. 5; Fig. S is an enlarged front view of vthe upper part of the machine, showing the.

relation of the'cross head, nailing devices, and a shoe support, some of the parts being.

shown in section or broken away; Fig. 9 is anenlarged rear view similar to Fig. 8, some of they parts being shownv in section and others broken away to prevent confusion; Fig ,2 0 is a section on the line 10-10 of Fig. 8; Fig. 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of Fig, 10, a shoe being shown supported by the shoe support; Fig. 12 is a detached de- `tail of part of the shoe positioning means or support; Fig. 13 is an enlarged detail side elevation, parts being shown in section, of

one form of ymeans for swinging the shoe support and its associated parts for rights and lefts and different styles of shoes; Fig. 14 is an enlarged side view, with parts being shown in section, of the clutch lmechanism for connecting the driving and driven elements and the safety 4devices connected therewith; Fig. 15 is a section on line 15-15, Fig. 1; Fig. 16 isa detached detail showing the 'relation of the two' treadles and their adjacent parts; Fig. 17 isv a section von line 17-17 of Fig. 8, looking` upward; Fig. 18 is a section on line 18-1 -;f, Fig. 8,

with the top lift carrier in itsupward or receiving positiongand Fig. 19 is a section on line 19 -.19, Fig. 8.

The general framework or supporting frame may be of any usual or desired type and is shown as having a base portion 1 and two side uprights 2., 9., connected intermediate the top and bottom thereof by a fixed table or support 3, and furnishing suitable guiding means, asA usual, for the actuatingrods 4, fl carrying'the cross head to which the said rods are, connected by suitable collar-s6 and nuts 7. v

Extending transverselybetween the side frames or uprights 2, 2 is thedriving shaft 8, Figs. 1 and 15,'carrying a gear 9 which is operatively engaged with a gear 10 fast on the counter-shaft 11, also extending be tween the said frames, such gearing con nection being as four to one, so" that the countereshafrJ 11 will be driven one complete rotation forfour rotations of the. driving shafts.

Secured to the counter-shaft 11 are the tot being provided, if desired, to assist in coun terbalancing the cross head.

. Preferably the cams 12 and 13 are de-A lso block, as usual.. chine,

'signed tothe end that two complete reciprovcations are givenl the cross head for each complete `,rotation of the counter-shaft 11, I onereciprocation of thecross head being' used for attaching'the heel and the secon reeiprocation for spanking on atop lift to the previously attached heel.

The cross head 5 is preferably providedV with a removable nailing blockvl?, Figs. 8

and' 17 held inl place by means of a latch having a finger piece 18, Fig. 17, projecting yfrom -the cross head, the construction beine such that upon withdrawal of the latch, the

nailing block may be drawn outward from thec'ross head and another replaced in accordancel with the character' or design of.

nails in the heel.

Mounted on the cross head above the nail block isa driver block 19, Fig. 8, having mounted thereon aseries of drivers 20, one of such drivers for each hole inthe nail In the ,operationof the maasA hereinafter described, the drivers are" moved ldownwardl into .the nail block through a stroke suliicient to ,bring ltheir lower ends at a distance from; Vthe top of the heel tol permit the head ends'of the nails to project a short distance above' the heel. These projecting nail heads are used, as will be hereinafter described, in securing a top lift tothe heel. In lvthe further operation of the' machine, a top lift carrier, Fi 1, is broughtto a position beneath the nail block l head 5( and places the top lift carried thereby in proper position tov be spanked onto the heel on the downward movement of the cross This characteristic of the machine will hereinafter more fully appear.

The'stationary cross piece or table 3 of the machine frame sustains the shoejack for clamping and po sitioning the shoe with relation to thenail 1n l ile the shoe support, as such, constitutes the subject matter of a. separate application, a suilicient description is herein given of the shoe support and shoe positioning devices which coperate therewith to enable those` skilled in the art to clearly understand the same and the relations thereof in positioning a shoe with respect to the nailing instrumeans of a yoke 14 con.

devices operating in the cross head 5..

'as will be apparent.

`mentalities, it being understood, of course,

that the relative position assumed by the shoe and nailing .devices determines the final appearance of the heel when attached to the shoe.

Having reference to Fig. 11, the support 3 carries a sliding table 21 movable in suitable ways in the support 3. On the sliding table 21 is mounted a swinging table 22, Fig. 11, having angular movement in suitable guides 23 and a turning circle 24 transversely of the machine. mounted the jack slidel 25 carrying a suitable jack or shoe supporting element and a secondl slide 26, Fig. 11, which, for identiication, may. be known as the positioning slide, said slide supporting the clamping and positioning devices for t-he shoe., The jack slide-and positioning slide have forward and backward movement in suitable 'guideways on theswinging table, said guideways being well shown in Figs. 10 and 11.4

The jack may comprise a heeljand "toe support, as 'indicated in Fig. 11, provided with desirable adjustments, `and the jack as a whole is mounted upon aV spindle 27 which has vertical movement in a guiding sleeve 2S rising from the jack slide 25.l A shoe with av last still within the upper is mounted, sole up, on this jack preparatory to4 any movement of the machine partsV Rising from the positioning lslide 26 are the guidesl 29, Figs. 10 and 11between which is mounted the slide 30, the upper portion of said slide, as at 31,'constituting a back stop to engage the heel portion of the shoev when'the jackhas been moved to carry the shoe into nailing position, and said slide likewise affording a'support for the` counter clamps and entlyappear.

lThe, counter clamps 32 are carried at the upper endsof lever arms 33 fulcrumed by their lowerl ,ends upon ranged pins 34, Figs. 9-and 11. Securedto and extending .from each of these lpins 34 is a lever arm 35, Fig. 9, are provided'at their inner ends with crossing slots engaged' by a pin 36 inl a slide block or lyoke 37, Figs. 9.and 11, suitably guided for an upwardly side gages, as will'presprojecting stem surrounded by a spring 38, the normal tendency of which is to`depress the "yoke 37, and, as will be evident, throw the counter clamps 3,2 toward each other or into clamping position.

O ne of the-levers clampniember, has afpin 39, Fig..8, which engages a slide 40, the end of said slide'bearing upon a cam 41, Fig.' 8, andheld in such engagement by the tension of the spring 38,

Obviously, upon rotation of the cam 41', ina manner to be hereinafter described, the counter clamps will be moved either by said cam or their actuating On the swinging table' 22 vis horizontally ar-v which lever arms f vertical movementl and havingv 33, carrying a counter v spring 38 to open and .close the-counter clamps.

After the shoe has been jacked and has been clamped in "the machine between the counter clamps, it is in some position beneath the .nail block Aand driving devices and the' operator must determine by`his eye or by several trials of the machine whether or not it is in correct alinement with such devices and whether or not the heel is' correctly pointed relatively thereto. The swinging table 22 is used to turn the shoe angularly in Aorder that it maybe in properl position beneath the heel carried lby the thoseA skilled in the art, counter clamps do` i not'hold all shoes of one kind'invariably ing table so that ea'ch in the same position as there is considerable opportunity 'for loose play of the vshoe between the clamps. Therefore a swinging table alone is unreliable to determine a similar pointing of the heel on'a series of slices, as the heel will bel pointed according to the position assumed by the shoe`within the counter clamps. It isa desirable that some means be provided to aid the angular adjustment of a shoe by means of a swingshoe of the same kind invariably reaches the same angular position with relation to the heel before the heel is attached.

lith the above ends in view therev are mounted upon either side of the movable slide 30 horizontally arranged arms 42, Figs. l0 and 11, which turn about pivots 43 carried by the slide, said arms carrying at their free ends adjustable gages 44. These arms,

which for identification may be known as the forepart gage arms, travel in guides 45, Fig. l0, and their rear ends are connected vby a spring 46 which normally maintains the gages 44 at the outer ends of their path of movement. Vhen a right shoe is to have the heel attached, the lett gage, Fig. l0, is brought to a position so that in moving the shoe augularly by swinging the table 22- to properly point the heel, the operator has a stop against which the inner edge ot' the sole of the shoe may be brought, thereby correctly determining the position that the shoe should assume in the counter clamps \Vhcn operating upon a lett shoe the right torepart gage will be brought forward for a similar purpose.

Before a shoe is linally placed in position with 'relation to the heel mechanism it is held at the front of the machine tor convenient handling ot'` the shoe, as in Fig. l1,

and inust be moved backwardly into the .machine to gain its heel vFig. ll, to draw the 52 at the time the jack is to attaching position `between the counter clamps. As one means 'of thus holding the jack slide 25 in its fori ward position there is pivoted at 47, Fig. 8, a hand operated lever 48, the upwardly projectingl arm.49 oi' which extends along the sleeve 28 lof the jack slide. Secured to the outer en d of-the lever 48 is a locking pin 50, Fig.'8, the vlower end off which normally projects downward into engagement with a tooth 5l carried by the swinging table, the construction being such that when the parts are in position, as indicated in Fig. 8, the

jack will be held in its outer position, F ig.

ll, but whenthe upper end of the hand piece 49 is closed toward the sleeve 28 of the jack slide, the pin 50 will be removed from the teeth 5l and permit the spring 52,

jack slide and jack backwardly to a position determined by the positioning slide 26`andv its attached parts, it being understood that one end of the spring -52 is connected as at 53 `to the jack slide and its other end is connected as at 5 4 to a part which insures tension of the spring be moved, all of which will more fully hereinafter appear.

As hereinbefore stated the counter clamps and forepart gages are carried by the slide 30 which likewise carries the back stop 31. It is desirable that the slide 30 and it-s attached parts shall be-depressed and held in depressed position at the conclusion of the nailing and top lift applying operations, so that it becomes necessary to raise the slide and its attached parts to a position to contact with the shoe at their respective, points of coperation therewith when the jacked 'shoe is Amoved back into position between the 4counter clamps, as will be understood. Connected to the slide 30 at 55, Fig. 1l, is a lint 56,"the lower end of which is connected at 57'to one arm of a lever 58 pivoted at 59 and normally under the influence of a spring 60, Fig. ll, tending to lift the slide 30. Secured to the slide 30, and as one means of restraining it from response to the demands o'f the spring (i0, is a series of Vrack teeth G1 adapted to be engaged by one of a series of pawls 62 pivoted at G3 to the positioning slide 2G and normallyqunder the influence of a spring plunger (S4. Projecting trom the pivotal point ot the pawls 62 at (i3 is an actuating arm (35 having a cam end (3G, and extending rearward oil the pivotal point G3 is a toe GT adapted to engage a locking dog (i8 normally under the iniiuence ot'a spring plunger (l5), said dog 38 having a forwardly extending arm T0. .'llu` dog G8 has two shoulders 7l aud 7;), either `one of which may be engaged by the toe GAT, and the construction being such that when thetoe 67 is in engagement with the shoulder 71. the. pawls (S2 will be in engagement with. tlie'raek teeth G1 and hold the slide 30 llO from upward movement responsive to the actuating spring 60,` Fig. 11, but when the' the slide to respond to the demands of its' Spring 60, and the toe 07 will engage with the shoulder 7'2 to hold the partsin this position.

lObviously the extent of upward movement of the slide 30, in order to bring the back gage counter clamps and side gages into proper coperative relationA with the shoe upon the jack, should be controlled by the position of the jack itself and to this end the head 73, Fig. 11, of the jack elevating or measuring means, as will presently be described, is provided with a st-op 74 inthe path of movement of the lever arm 58, so that when the slide has been raisedto an eX- tent defined by said stop the parts carried by the slide will be in proper co-acting relation as to height with respect to the shoe on the jack. l

In order -that the arm 65 carrying the pawls 62 may trip said pawls and free the slide as the jack movesthe shoe into position between the counter clamps, said jack is provided with a roll or trip 75, Fig. 12, carried on a pivoted linger 76 pivoted at 77 on the jack slide and normally under the infiuence of a spring 78, a stop being provided to prevent movement of the finger 76 to the right around its pivot under the action of the spring 78, but permitting movement thereof to AwtheV left, Fig. 12, as the jack moves back to the initial position, taking' the roll from under the arm G5.

In order that, when the slide is depressed at the conclusion of the nailing operation, it may be held so depressed, one ofthe cross head actuating rods 4 is provided with a depressin finger 79, Figs. 10 and'11,which is adapte( 11 and 12, trip the dog 68, and permit the pawls 62 to move into coperative relation with the rack teeth 61, the parts at the conclusion of the operation described being as indicated in Fig. 11.

The jack shoe having been moved backward between the counter clamps and forepart gages, and the slide 30 with its counter clamps and forepart gages having been raised to the position dictated by the position of the'j ack, the swinging table 22, the forepart gage carrying arms 42 and the counter clamps are to be operated to position and hold the shoe with respect to the nailing devices. The means for effecting these movements may be briefly set forth as follows.

Pivotally are the two mounted at 80, Figs. 2 and 13, treadle levers 81 and 82 each normally' under the in'liuence of aspring 83- tending to keep the foot end of the said to Contact with the arm 70, Figs.`

treadle levers in raised position, aswill be evident fromFigs. 2 and 13. Suitably supported inbrackets depending from the under side of the table or xed Support 3, Figs. 9.and 13, is a rock shaft 84, the purpose of which is to effect' swinging movement of the shoe support or swinging tabley to the right or left, according to the character of shoe being treated, to likewise swing one of the forepart gage arms 42 into operative position, and to effect closing movement of the counter clamps. y

Secured to the rock shaft 84 is the yoke 85 having connected at each end thereof a link 86 provided with a rounded seat 87 in which is adapted -to be received a pin 88 carried on the free end of a lever 89 pivoted at 90 to the machine frame standard and normally under the influence of a s ring 91 act-ing to depress the `pin 88. O viously when the pin 88 is-in engagement with both of the rounded seats 87 on the two links 86, 86, as indicated in Fig. 2, the rock shaft 84 will be held in the position indicated in Fig. 2, but if either of said hooked seats 871s thrown from beneath the pin 88, then fthe tension of the spring 91 acting through the pin 88 on the other link 86 will rock the rock shaft 84, as indicatedin Fig. 13. In order to effect this adjustment, and consequently the rocking movement of the shaft 84 either to the right or left, there is pivoted to a suitable bracket 92, Fig. 18, as at 98, the trip levers 94, 95, the lower ends of which are in the path of movement of the upper horn shaped end 96, 97, of the treadle levers 81, 82, respectively, and the upper portions of the trip levers 94, 95 are slotted at 98, 99 for the reception of suitable pins or rolls carried by the links 86 below the hooked seats 87 thereof, the construction being such that upon depression of either one of the vtreadles 81, 82, one of the trip levers 94, 95 corresponding thereto will be moved on its fulcrum 93 andthe seat- 87 of the link 86 connected thereto will be moved from beneath the .pin 88 so that the shaft 84.w`i1l be rocked in one direction or the other according to the desired adjustment to be given to the swinging table and the other parts referred to.

Mounted on the rock shaft 84, Fig. 9, is

a pinion 101 in engagement with a like pin-y ion 102 on a short shaft 103 extending upward through the fixed table or support 3, the upper end of said shaft 103 carrying an eccentrically mounted and adjustable pin 104. As indicated in Figs. 9 and 10, the swinging table has a slot 105 in which is mounted to slide a block 106 carried by the eccentrically mounted pin 104, the construction being such that upon rotation of the shaft 103 to the right or left the eccentrically mounted pin 104 through the block 106 will swing the table 22 to the right or left.

As one meansof moving the forepart f tion tothe heel seat of the shoe that wheny fr the'top liftv gages so as to throw one or the other into cooperative relation with the shoe and dene its position with respect to the heel nailing mechanism, as hereinbefore described, the said rock shaft 84 is provided with segments 107, each adapted to engage a longitudinally sliding rack bar 10S, Fig. 9, carried by suitable guideways of the stationary table 3. The rack bars 108 each engagea suitable pinion 109 mounted, one on each of the4 upright shafts 110, Figs. 9 and.10, said shafts, being properly guided by bearings 111 projecting from the side framing of the machine. The shafts 110 each carry a cam l 11.9l adapted to bear on the -outer face of the forepart gage arms 42, the; construction being such that upon rotation ofthe shafts 110 through the rock shaft 84 one or the other of these forepart gage arms will be moved into coperative relation with'the shoe to position its forepart gage lllf'and since these shafts 110 rotate in the same direction, as will be understood, one of the cams 112 will move its gage arm into gaging position while the concentric operation of the other cam allows the other arm to remain at rest.

As hereinbefore described, one of the counter clampsv has a pin 39, Fig. 8, engaging a slide 40 which is held in contact with the cam L11 on one of the shafts 110, so that upon rotative movement of said shafts 110 the counter clamps will be moved either by thecam L11 to separate such clampsor to permit the spring 38 to move the' counter clamps into clamping position upon the shoe.

Certain adjusting mechanisms are herein shown for adjustingthe position of the forepart gage arms and also for adjusting the counter clamps, but these details form the subject matter of a separate application and need not therefore be herein specifically described.

ln operating .upon shoes -in which the wooden last is still retained, it is necessary, as is lwell known by those skilled in the art, to measure the heel in order that the wooden last will not be broken by applying too much pressure. This measuring operation, in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, is preferably performed before the automatic operation of the machine in attaching the heel and top lift.

Before describing the preferred construction of measuring mechanism, it is convenient to describe the various positions inv -which it may be desirable to place'aheel.

with relation to the shoe, and the means contemplated by the present invention for effecting such varying relationship. When the top hft carrier 1s brought into position beneath the nail block, the top lift sustained thereby should be in such position with relathe heel is trimmed by usin as a guide, as is customary, the desired appearance of the heel with relation to `the` `shoe will be secured. lf a right or left appearance of the heel is not required, it is desirable that when the shoe is viewed from the rear the planes formed by the lateral surface of the heel between the top lift and the-outer sole, upon either side of the shoe, extend at the same angle to the tread face of the top lift. Such an alinement of the heel will give the shoe the trim appearance desired. It is obvious that this alinement will beobtained if the t'op lift be secured to the heel in such position that the center of its back is in vertical alinement' with the heel seam which in turn is at the center of 'the back ofthe heel seat -of the shoe. the other hand, if the eenterof the back of the top liftis not centrally arranged with relation to the back of the heel seat of the shoe, when the heel is trimmed with relation to a top lift so placed, the lateral surfaceof the heel at one side will extend at a greater angle to the face of the top lift thanthe lateral surface at the other side.

If `itbe assumedV that a top lift has been correctly alined7 as just described, above the heel seat of the shoe which hasrbeen placed square with a series of nail holes in the driver block, it is obvious that if such shoe be then adjusted for pointing the heel by turning the shoe 'angularly about a center somewhere wit-hin the perimeter of the top lift, it will throw the center of the back of the heel seat ofthe shoe to one side or the other of the centerof the back ofthe top lift. Under these conditions the desired square appearance of a finished heel will not be obtained even though the angular adjustment for pointing has beeneorrectly made. Such a condition may be remedied by placing the pivot on which the shoe is turned substantially vertically in line with the center of the back of the top lift instead of within its perimeter. This point is chosen because all top lifts, of Whatever size, when secured to a heel, overlap substantially the same distancev beyond the rearmost nail, therefore it will not be necessary to change a. center so selected in changing the size of the top lift. The distance of the center of the back of ,the top lift forward of the cenj In adjusting ashoe, whetherlright or left,

for a desired pointing of the heel, the shoe is swung in the direction of its inner side. Under this condition' it is obvious that if the shoe be swung about an axis beyond the l side, with relation to the shoe, of the center.

center of the back of the stationary top lift, the center of the back 'of the heel seat of the shoe will be moved to a position on the inner side, with relation to the shoe, of the center of the back of the top lift. If, however, the shoe be swung in the direction named about an axis in front of the center of the back of the stationary top lift (as, for instance, within the perimeter of the top lift), the center of the back of the heel seatof the shoe will be moved to a position on the outer of the back of the top lift. The heel when trimmed will then have a right or left appearance on the shoe according to the position.of the axis about which the shoe is swung.

A brief description will now be given of one means for adjusting the axis about which the swinging table 22 vmoves so that the shoe may be properly positioned beneath the stationary top lift when the top lift carrier is brought into position beneath the nail block. As hereinbefore noted, the swinging table 22 is carried by the sliding table 21 which has movement in and out-of the ma- `chine with reference to the cross head or nailing devices, therefore any movement of the sliding table 21 in a direction transverse to the cross head will move the pivotal point of the swinging table relatively to the top lift held in position beneath the nail block of the cross head. Before any work is performed upon the machine the sliding table 21 should be adjusted with relation to the cross head in such mannerthat the pivotal point of the swinging table 22 is in the desired relation to the center of the back of` the top lift when the top lift is in spanking position. This may be accomplished by any suitable means as, for instance, the hand lever 113, Fig. 10, pivoted on the fixed table or support 3 and engaging at its inner end a pin 114i on the sliding' table 21. The sliding table 21 isA provided with a projection or holding lug 115, Fig. 10, having holes 116.

117 and 118 throughwhich aV pin 119 is(l adapted to be passed to register any one of the holes in the lug 115 with a hole beneath the series in the supporting or stationary table 3. Then the sliding table 21 is thus adjusted it is locked in adjusted position, and should the pin 119 be passed. through the hole 117 in the lug 115 into a hole directly beneath, as shown in Fig. 10, the axis about which the table 22 swings will bein vertical alinement with the center of the back of a top lift correctly positioned with relation to the nail holes in the nail block. Vhen the forward or the rear hole is thus in register with the hole beneath, and the table 21 secured in such position by the pin 119, the axis named is beyond or forward, respectively, of the center of the back of the top lift. Means is thus provided for preliminarily adjusting the axis of the swing ing table to give a square or a right or left appearance-to the. heel when trimmed.

When operating upon heels of varying pitch, the selected position of the axis of the swinging table 22 should remain unaltered, the proper adjustmentV being obtained by movementl of the shoe relatively to the top lift when in spanking position on the cross head. Therefore the positioning slide 26, Figs. .10 and 11, which supports the back gage and counter clamps is connected by a threaded lug 120, Fig. 10, to an adjusting rod 121 having an operating hand wheel 122, Fig. 10, and suitably mounted for adjusting the positioning slide 2G forward and backward upon the swinging table with relation to its axis of movement. Ob viously after the shoe has been jacked and the shaft moved backward between the counter clamps, and the counter clamps closed upon the shoe, adjustment of the positioning slide 26 will also carry with it the jack slide 25 supporting the jack, and the position of the heel seat of the shoe, with relation to the top lift, may thus conven iently be adjusted. It will be noted, however, that in either of the adjustments justreferred to the axis ofthe swinging table 22 with relation to the top lift remains unchanged, therefore when the swinging table is turned about its center of rotation, carrying the shoe with it, neither of these adjustments will effect the desired appearance of the heel when trimmed.

The -shoe having been jacked, as described, and positioned in the counter clamps and by the forepart gages, is next to be measured, thatis, the shoe support is to be raised into such position with respect to the heel attaching mechanism as to give the proper compression to the heel and eifect the desired attachment. The heel measuring mechanism and its operative connections and adjuncts are best shown by Figs. 2 and 5. The jack spindle 2,7, Figs. 5 and 11, is supported for movement toward and from heel attaching position in the block 73, Figs. and 11, s'aid blockbeing provided with suitable guideways 123 for the lower end 124 of the jack spindle 27. The measuring spindle extends downward and within a frame 125,

Fig. 5, depending` from the stationary table or support 3, and is preferably formed of two pairs of right and left hand screws each of which pairs are connected by a toothed sleeve in the form of an elongated pinion. Each pair of Screws with its connecting sleeve form a turn-buckle. The upper pair 126 land 127 of right and left screws are connected by a sleeve 128, while the lower pair of right and left screws 129 and 130, Fig. 5, are connected by a sleeve 131. The screws 127 and 129 are held from rotation by a collar 132 pinned thereto and moving in suitable guides in the frame 125. f-Thus all the screws combine to forni substantially a single spindle which, however, is capable of longitudinal adjustment. The lower screw 130 is .ixed to av support hereinafter described. The upper screw 126 is pinned to the head 73 which supports the jack spindle 27. The head-'73 is mounted for vertical movement in suitable guideways 133, Fig. 5, so that any vertical adjusting movement of the measuring spindle by the right and left screws and their operating means will-be communicated tothe jack spindle, as will be obvious. The-upper pair of screws are of such pitch that on turningthe sleeve-'128 an easy and quick adjust-ment may be obtained, and in order to obtain such adjustmentl there is provided a hand Wheel 134 mounted in the bracket 135,'Fig. 5, and pr'ovided with 'a series of peripheral teeth 136 adapted to engage coinplemental teeth in the upper sleeve 128.- Obviously'by means of the hand wheel 134 the operator tmay ini- 'tially rotate the sleeve 128 and thereby lift tlie j ack spindle` and with it the jack to any desired height with relation to the heel supported in the nai-1 block. 0f course the counter clamps should move vertically with. the shoe so as to retain the proper relation- .ship between them and the work, such movement being permitted to the counter clamps, or forepartgages and slide carrying such parts, by reason ofthe stop l74 on the. head 73 moving upward and permitting the' spring 60, Fig'. 11, to move the slide upward, as will be clear. Thus the jack with its shoe,

l the counter clamps andtli'e forepart gages all rise simultaneously when the sleeve 128 is rotated by means of the hand wheel 134. Thisadjust-inent by means of the hand wheel 134 and its connections is preferablyforined before either of the treadlesSl, 82 is depressed.

After the shoe has'been placed upon theV jack and has been clamped and adjusted in position, asheret'ofore described, it is raised until itmeets and measures the heel supported by the nail block by.mechanism actuated by either of the treadles 81, 82. To this end a rack 137, Fig. 7, is mounted in the frame 125 in position to mesh with the sleeve 131, whereby reciprocation of the rack will rotate the sleeve and"^will separate` the right and left screws 129, 130 to elevate the block 73 .and therethrough elevate the jack and shoe. The rack 137 is moved in' a ,direction to rotate the sleeve by connections with a lever 138, Fig. 2, the upper part of which lever carries a yoke 139, operatively connected to the slide 137. The slide operating lever 138 ispivoted at 140, Fig.A 2, and

carries a roll or abutment 141 which is in';

the path pf the projections 142 on the arms 96. 97, Figs. 2 and 13, of the treadle levers `81, 82, the construction being such that upon depression `of either the right or left treadle vone of the arms 96 and 97 will be moved v ,contra-clock\\'ise, its upper end first causing` .the swinging adjustment of the table and forepart gages and the closing of the counter clamps and then or about this time one of the lugs 142 meets the roll 141, thereby moving the actuating lever 1,38 in a direction I to move the rack 137 and consequently raise the jack. yThe roll 141 is preferably inou'nted on a lever'141a, pivoted at 1,42a to a xed part of the frameand connected to a link 143a'jointed to said lever138.

r1`he lever 13B-is normally held in locked position with the jack lowered, as indicated in Fig. 2, by-ineans of a locking leverv 143 pivotedat 144 and normally held in the position indicated in Fig. 2 by means of a spring 145. 'Pivotally mounted adjacent the -locking lever 143 is an arm 146 pivoted at 147 and carrying a side projecting lug 148 which underlies the treadle levers 81, 82, and 4connected to said arm 146 is a trip piece 149 adapted, when the arm 146 is depressed, to

'engage with the locking lever 143, or an ,adjusting stud150 thereon, the construction being such that upon depression of either of the treadle levers 81 82, the arms 146 will be depressed and causevthe trip lug 149 to trip or disengage the locking lever 143 from the locking engagement withA the operating lever 138.

In order to hold the slide rack 137 in the position to which it has been moved by its actuating lever 138, a series of locking pins 151, Fig. 6, are employed, said locking pins being preferably formed as slides having a spring 152 tending normally to throw-tl'iein into locking engagement with the slide rack 137. A series of these locking pins is eniployed in order to insure a proper locking of the slide rack 137 without lost-or back motion, as will be obvious, and mounted upon a suitable pivot 153 is a locking pin with! drawing arm 154, Fig. 6, said arm engaging at its lower end slots formed in the upper sides of the lockingpins, as indicated. Piv otally mounted upon the bracket 15?, Fig.

5, is an actuating arm 156 for unlocking the slide, said actuating arm carrying -at its lower end a roll -157 adapted to enga e and bear upon a cam 158, Fig. 4, mounte upon the counter-shaftI 11, the said cam 158 bel ing preferably formed as part of or projecting from the cam 13, Figs. 4- and 15. Itl will thus be seen that while the measuring or raising of the jack into heel measuring position is performed by one of the foot treadles, supplemented, it may be, as by a A spring 159, Fig. 2, whiclibears against the rear end 160 of said actuating lever 138, and said jack when thus raised in measuring position is locked, it is unlocked b v the action of the machine, as will hereinafter appear, and the invention contemplates means oper- 

